Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2012

Use Social Media to Reel in Big Fish Donors Guest Post By Geri Stengel, Ventureneer. Note from Beth: We know that social media can bring in the small dollar donors, but what about larger gifts? This is a question that was answered in a study from 2009 and the answer is yes. Use social media to engage in a dialog.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Experiments, snafus and stumbles December 17, 2007 I seem to have lost my head. I did set a pretty high bar a while back for the next social network I’d join. at 11:45 am It’s my social graph, darn it! I’m not joining any social networks like this anymore. You know why I started to twitter.

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NetWits

APRIL 10, 2011

This week ReadWriteWeb shed some light on the ineffectiveness of social networks to aid in customer acquisition (see graph below). “Of the 24 companies interviewed (in Forrester study ), only 7% cited social networking as one of their most effective sources for customer acquisition. Social Networking Adoption by Non-profits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

As the Web goes mobile , so does social media… and so should your nonprofit. If there is one thing I have learned over ten years of using the Internet for fundraising and social change, those nonprofits that can embrace change quickly, empower their visionaries, and adopt new Web trends, reap the benefits of being early adopters.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2017

What criteria should nonprofits consider before accepting a social impact investment? As a result, an emerging method of investment, called social impact investment, has investors monitor the outcomes produced by their donations while simultaneously producing profit from their investment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

How To Marry Social Media with Fundraising. Social fundraising is when your nonprofit integrates tried and true fundraising techniques with social media to inspire your supporters to raise money from their networks on your behalf. View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Cultivate and cheer on champions for your cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2012

My colleagues Chad Norman and Melanie Mathos (who have day jobs at Blackbaud) have published a new social media how-to book, 101 Social Media Tactics for Nonprofits: A Field Guide. The book is a collection of time saving tips for using social media organized into the following categories: set up, communicate, engage, fundraise, and measure.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping October 1, 2007 I was reading Deborah Finn’s curmugeonly post about Facebook. I have been having curmudgeonly thoughts about social networks in general.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2011

Note from Beth: Last Spring, Allison Fine and I did an evaluation report for the Case Foundation on the America’s Giving Challenge 2009. One of the ideas we explored is it possible through social media to share some of the findings in a conversational way to help prod more insights from the field.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I’ve followed and supported the work of Peter Deitz and Social Actions ever since hearing about his passion and ideas a few years ago. Let’s start at the beginning: What is Social Actions and where does the API come in? The Social Actions project began in 2006. Earlier this week, I got ahold of Peter to get the full scoop!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I've had a post in draft for a couple of weeks now about some personal/professional goals or my New Year's resolutions for 2009. I read Chris Brogan's " Your 3 Goals for 2009 " and I loved his process. Think of how you want to be successful in 2009. Then, try to think in even broader terms.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. It may be time to rethink how these important social organizations are funded. What are the downsides and dangers in pursuing new models? Defourny et al.,

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NetWits

APRIL 26, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Giving Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. 6 Ways to Improve Your Online Giving Experience. Brand it as an exclusive, meaningful, and fun online experience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Except for a short test in 2009 , your nonprofit’s Facebook Fans have never seen all your posts and as most of us have by now have realized, the percentage that do has gotten significantly smaller over time. Adding them to an Interest List, in my experience, seemed to significantly decrease their exposure in my main News Feed.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 13, 2010

"Zoetica serves nonprofits and socially conscious companies with top-tier, word-of-mouth communication services. A social enterprise, Zoetica provides superior communication consulting, training, and strategy to help mindful organizations affect social change." Which ones are great? Which ones need improvement?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Orchestras and Social Media Survey View more documents from Marc van Bree. How much are nonprofit organizations spending on social media? I undertook this research to understand some questions about social media and orchestras. What kind of resources do managers commit and how active are orchestras in social media?

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NetWits

MAY 17, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Fundraising Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. Social media sites? Download the report now! . Looking to help your organization get better at raising money online?

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

This honorary board of industry experts, which represents the larger spectrum of the social sector, collectively determines the annual Classy Awards Winners, and today we’re proud to announce the 2021 Leadership Council that will be hand-selecting this year’s award recipients. Academic Institutions. Kimberly Mitchell. Nonprofit Leaders.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Network for Good and TrueSense Marketing have just released a landmark study of “the online giving experience” between 2003 and 2009. The Online Giving Study looks at $381 million in donations made to 66,470 different nonprofits through the nonprofits’ websites, donation portals and social networks. read more ). read more ).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

Part IIa: Social Bookmarking September 24, 2006 After writing my post on tagging , I got sidetracked by Marnie Webb’s mention of ma.gnolia , and then went off to investigate, then decided to write about social bookmarking tools. Ma.gnolia is a new(ish) social bookmarking tool. to Ma.gnolia. bookmarks to ma.gnolia.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

I have been tracking this giving day since its first Giving Day back in 2009 and every year do a debrief post or interview. We were introducing a new user experience and wanted people to feel comfortable with the new website before jumping into the intensity of Give to the Max Day. And it was a great visual for the media!).

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JUNE 6, 2023

Social media has changed the marketing world, and Facebook Ads for nonprofits are an easy tool to increase your organization’s presence online. Since 2009, Facebook has provided the option to create featured ads on their platform to help businesses and organizations reach others’ newsfeeds.

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NTEN

APRIL 17, 2009

It's an experience! And where SHOULD you build that community anyway? If you get the chance to take a San Francisco field trip while at the NTC, Jeff, like a few others, can't recommend the Ferry Building enough. In particular, check out the Slanted Door. And I can personally recommend the lotus tea.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2013

As a Visiting Scholar, Bernholz will advance the Foundation’s literacy on a range of issues, particularly digital civil society, open data, and social good. She is working on her second book, tentatively titled, The Future of Good. She will be working with the Foundation’s multiple grantmaking programs on myriad projects.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2010

in September of 2009, I had very low expectations. Timely, relevant breaking news is basis of a good social media campaign. Allow guest bloggers to share expertise and experience. Share your social media success stories. You don’t need to wait for a nonprofit tech blogger to cover your social media success story.

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Care2

MARCH 22, 2011

Are nonprofits experimenting with mobile more? Online fundraising grew 14% from 2009 to 2010. However, it’s important to note that the 2010 fundraising response rate was actually 0.08% and fell 19% on average from 2009 to 2010. From 2009 to 2010, advocacy response rates declined 7% on average. Online Fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

On January 1st, I wrote about my goals for 2009 using Chris Brogan's process of selecting three words or larger concepts to frame them. Why Your Nonprofit Should Streamline Social Media Social media is still relatively new. Social media is here to stay, but we have to use it smartly and in a streamlined way. Great work.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Regardless of a project’s scope or number of potential partners, a nonprofit’s next steps should follow a “two-layer process” of assessment and implementation, according to the AIM Alliance of 2009. Layer one, internal assessment, is an exercise in rigorous self-reflection.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 4, 2018

According to the Corporate Social Responsibility Wire, (2014, February 19), 80 percent of nonprofits rely on volunteers for critical activities but admit they do not have the resources to manage them as they might like. References: Corporate Social Responsibility Wire. Volunteers are considered the backbone of the nonprofit sector.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

CrisisCamps first emerged from a meeting in DC in 2009 in which several dozen local engineers, nonprofit executives, disaster coordinators, and public sector executives got together to brainstorm better, faster disaster coordination possibilities. As such, what we are seeing are early experiments in new ways of working.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

In 2009, Clay Shirkey predicted , “For the next few decades, journalism will be made up of overlapping special cases.” Shirkey also said, “Now is the time for experiments, lots and lots of experiments.” million in 2009 to $687.6 Fast forward to 2014, and this prediction still holds true. and James L.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

CrisisCamps first emerged from a meeting in DC in 2009 in which several dozen local engineers, nonprofit executives, disaster coordinators, and public sector executives got together to brainstorm better, faster disaster coordination possibilities. As such, what we are seeing are early experiments in new ways of working.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

The first steps are simple once you have policy/philosophy in place and the right mix of bottom up/top down adoption or acceptance of social media. Here's how the Red Cross handbook states it: Step 1: Get Social Media Savvy Initiate personal social media use: Explore the tools you’d like to adopt by using them in your personal life first.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 7, 2007

I’ve critiqued Twitter and social networks in general. But, the biggest reason that I’m twittering is that as the Coordinator of NOSI , I’m experimenting with Web 2.0 Experiments, snafus and stumbles » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 12.17.07 I succumbed. So what’s the story?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 11, 2012

Experience Matters is a nonprofit organization that capitalizes on the time and talent of older adults (age 50+), who are seeking paid or unpaid positions that apply their skills to social purposes. 2009) found that stipends promote inclusion, efficiency and effectiveness. The researchers (McBride, et. Sources: 1. McBride, A.,

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

August 7, 2007 I’ve been experimenting with the non-content centered social networking sites LinkedIn and Facebook for a while now. and our own Social Source Commons , are a different animal.) at 8:16 am Privacy of data especially for a business social network is very important to most of linkedin and facebooks users.

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NTEN

APRIL 3, 2009

Google's Chrome Experiments. IdealistNews.org aims to be the Digg , er, Reddit of social news sites, while Academic Earth wants to be the Hulu of education. IdealistNews.org aims to be the Digg , er, Reddit of social news sites, while Academic Earth wants to be the Hulu of education. Social actions wants you to tap their API.

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